~this is not for you~

December 21, 2006

I caught the weather report tonight while driving home in the rain: “Tonight there is (and this doesn’t happen often) a 100% chance of showers.”

First off, no shit. It’s raining. Second, 100% isn’t a chance, it’s a fucking sure thing. And for the reputation of forecasters everywhere I hope that the “this doesn’t happen often” was referring to stating the obvious.

Fortunately, meteorological wisdom redeemed itself with a more insightful quote from an article in the RFT: “It was colder than a witch’s tit.”